Specks of a different family

Today after lunch I decided I'd take a ride into the other side of fishing, the saltwater side. My son was home and available so we ate lunch and headed out to Lake Decade which is below Houma. We were fishing for 1:30 and quit at 3:30. On my first cast with a bluegill colored swim bait that was already tied on my line, I had a hit and missed, and before I could get it to the boat I had another hit and a miss. Second cast nothing. Third cast and fish on, but then fish off. Then after no action for a while, my son brought in 4 in a row. Well I'm not so smart but I know when it's time to change bait. I put on a chartreuse sparkle cocahoe on a 1/4 oz. jig head. A few cast later and it was on. We'd hit two or three and then it would be quite for a while, and then we'd hit them again. We were just drifting with the strong east wind. After we had seven we cranked up the big motor and ran back to where we started and drifted again. We kept hitting them on and off for that drift, so we again returned to the beginning. This last drift was a little better with some nicer fish, then since we were on a tight schedule, we had to leave. The total for the 2 hours was 22 specks. Very nice by my standards. My son really enjoyed the trip since it's been a while since he and I had one. Here are a few pictures.

My son Jared.
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A bucket of fish.
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All laid out.
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Yours truly with the big fish of the day, no weight or measurements taken.
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"gene"

I would say a very successful day. Priceless I'd say.

Nice catch PPG. thought about going to the other side today:juggle naw the slimy specks can wait. I'm going for gold.:biggrin

Hey JR, looks like you did well also. I would have rather had 22 sacs.
"gene"

I'd take 5 of either…..PPG……love the story….I'd go wit you or JR any day of the week…cept for monday,tuesday,wednesday thursday,friday,or saturday…….nice catch but an even nicer trip…...

Vet, I'd gladly have you down for a trip on any one of those days you mentioned, and on the one you didn't mention I'll be off on vacation.
"gene"

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Originally Posted by pawpaw "gene"

vet, i'd gladly have you down for a trip on any one of those days you mentioned, and on the one you didn't mention i'll be off on vacation.
"gene"

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Nice catch peg, makes me wish I lived further south

WTG Gene; like freebird said; priceless

nice catch PPG Lake decade is a nice speck hole

nice bucket of fish for 2 hours on the water......enjoyed the pics.....

Gene, think the water will be clear enough Tuesday. I'm lined up for decade then. I'd like an identical mess. Good going.

Danny the water in the lake is beautiful right now. With only a little rain falling yesterday and none predicted to fall until Friday the lake should be in great shape. There is a good possibility that I will be going again one day this coming week. I just might make it Tuesday. The weather calls for light winds which will be nice. The day we went the winds were up to 12 mph out of the south east and we had a good chop and a fast drift.

Who's coming with ya?
"gene"

Gene, my oldest fishing buddy. Been fishing together 30 plus years. He usually smokes me trout fishing. He feels bites when I don't. I do occasionally get him back. Might even be bringing a third.We usually get in the area about 7 am. Will look for you. We launch at Falgout canal. Danny

Nice! Thanks for the pictures!!!

Danny, I haven't made my plans yet but I'll let you know if I go Tuesday. Seems like most boats were in the second cove on the left leaving Falgout canal. We caught them on sparkle chartreuse colored cocahos and most others were using that color too. Split tail sparkle beetles rigged in tandem also work well.
"gene"

Thanks PPG.

My fishing partner is trying to get me to go back down to chauvin with him considering hunting sucks right now. We went down back in October and put a whooping on em.

Very nice paw paw! Especially since you got to fish with your son!
STEVE

Blue thunder make your move now. The specks are on fire.
"gene"

Thanks Steve, it was a nice day and one for us to remember.
"gene"